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Vu

San Angelo, TX

Livin' the life

Interests: photography, computers, electronic gadgets, cars

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Its been a long while (over a year) since I posted anything on this blog. Life’s been busy and a bit of a whirlwind. So here’s the post to catch up on all the major stuff that’s happened over the last year or so. First, I met a wonderful woman... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2014 at Life Through the Lens

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Easter in Seattle 2013

I planned a trip back to Seattle during Easter break to see my parents, but most importantly to get my dad a new car. We had settled on a 2013 Kia Soul, as it was a good replacement for his old Mazda 5 mainly because of the high H-point and... Continue reading

Posted Apr 24, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Aly’s Photoshoot

My friend Alexandra asked if I could be the photographer for a shoot she wanted to do for her friend Aly. Aly is a mom and has recently gotten into crossfit. Alex some ideas for a styled shoot and we ended up going around in circles trying to find a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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St. Patrick’s Day and Marc’s Birthday

You can tell I’m behind on my posts when its about St. Patrick’s day… Every year around St. Patty’s day, Marc celebrates his birthday since he likes to get drunk. It fits perfectly with the holiday theme. I headed out to San Diego on Saturday and we met up early... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Brian’s Weekend Visit

Beefcake was in AZ for work in early March and flew in early to so he could drive out to the OC for the weekend. Though it was short, it was a lot of fun. We went out for some Sushi at Yabu in West Hollywood with Brian’s friends Matt,... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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San Antonio 2013

After snow test, we headed out to Uvalde, TX to the Continental Tire Proving grounds to test those tires in the wet. We normally fly into San Antonio and stay the night after we fly in and before we fly out. Usually, it’s a nice place to relax after a... Continue reading

Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Snow Testing in Minnesota

Every Winter we head up to Northern Minnesota for work. We test a ton of tires for a week straight. Its long days…and sometimes long nights depending on the weather. But we always find ways to make things interesting. Usually there’s a lot of unhealthy food eaten, but this time... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Chinese New Year in San Diego

I’ve got a lot of posting to catch up on. May work and personal distractions have kept me busy as of late. For Chinese New Year I headed down to visit my peeps in San Diego. Didn’t have much else to do and had to get ready to go on... Continue reading

Posted Apr 9, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Camera Pencil Sharpener

My sister sent me a present totally out of the blue. But it definitely is one of the coolest things I’ve gotten in a while. I suppose this just continues the streak of photography related gifts I’ve gotten recently. It does look a bit over complicated to operate, and luckily... Continue reading

Posted Feb 13, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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D-Dub Back in the OC

Doug was back in town for work and we got a chance to hang out this past week. We had dinner and some beers at 3 Thirty 3 on Tuesday. On Thursday I introduced him to authentic Japanese ramen and we saw Zero Dark Thirty. Good times. He also brought... Continue reading

Posted Feb 9, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Farmer’s Market @ The Grove, L.A.

I finally ran across a photography meetup that lined up with my schedule and was interesting enough to get me to drive out to LA. We met up at the Grove where there’s a Farmer’s Market. What’s interesting was that the market doesn’t allow “Professional” looking DSLRs, so we had... Continue reading

Posted Jan 27, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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New Computer Build–Core i5-3550 Ivy Bridge

I got new cpu at deep discount through my sister since my main desktop was getting long in the tooth. The old Q9300 was starting to bog on all the Lightroom editing that I was doing. And since that machine was almost 5 years old now, it was due for... Continue reading

Posted Jan 21, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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New Year’s 2013

I flew back to Orange County on New Year’s Eve and then proceeded to drive down to San Diego to celebrate with my friends. You can tell we are getting old as the evening was spent just drinking booze eating cheese and meats. But I stayed the night and we... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Christmas in Seattle 2012

This was an eventful Christmas in Seattle. Surprisingly enjoyable and drama free. My Mom was back in her backing mood and revived the Yule log baking tradition. We had a fun Christmas dinner at my Mom’s Cousin’s house. Took a short family vacation to Vancouver and enjoyed some Boxing day... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Work Holiday Party

We had our work holiday lunch at Las Brisas in Laguna Beach. It was a bit late in the day since all other places were booked and the date kept changing because of peoples conflicting schedules. But in the end we had a good time and everyone was stuffed. Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Micro 4/3 Panasonic 14-42 PZ and 45-175 PZ Lenses

Having bypassed almost all hot deals on Black Friday, I ended up going on a spending spree for Cyber Monday/After holiday sales deals. I was trolling the FM buy/sell forums and came across a deal so hot, I couldn’t pass it up. A barely used pair of Lumix Vario X... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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At the beginning of December, I went to Korea for the first time (ever) for a business trip and visited a couple cities, Namyang and Ulsan. It turned out to a bit of a dud for work as things got delayed and the work we were supposed to do didn’t... Continue reading

Posted Jan 12, 2013 at Life Through the Lens

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Olympus XZ-1 with LC-63A Auto Lens Cap

The one glaring weakness of the XZ-1 was the use of a lens cap that immediately fell off the camera when the lens popped out. However, for an extra $20-$24, Olympus will sell you the LC-63A lens cap. It’s a pretty ingenius design, but really should have been included with... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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Thanksgiving in San Diego

This Thanksgiving, I chose to forgo any air travel and drive down to San Diego to hang with the Mizutas. They had a big Thanksgiving dinner for all the peeps that didn’t go home for the break. We had tons of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and desserts of every kind.... Continue reading

Posted Nov 27, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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A friend of mine bought one of these for a trip to Japan. I didn’t think much of it until Amazon dropped the price to $199, probably due to the release of the XZ-2. That made it a really hot deal. There were a lot of pluses…and some minuses that... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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For those of you that don’t know SEMA, its the annual Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association show. This is pretty much the biggest automotive related show in the country and its so big, the only place it can take place is in Las Vegas. I was asked to go and pull... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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Mizuta Pumpkin Carving Party

Halloween time was upon again. Funny how fast time flies. I headed down to San Diego to hang out with the Mizutas and enjoy some Halloween pumkin carving and of course a ridiculous amount of tasty treats. Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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James and Pete in the OC

James had a medical convention in San Diego and thought it would be a good time to fly in early and hang out with me in the OC. Pete was up in SF and flew down so we could all hang out. It has been probably 6-7 years since I... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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Life seems to have gotten in the way of my blog posting lately. But now I’m finally caught up and ready to post a flurry of adventures. The first week of October is Golden week in China, so my friends Mike and Kim had planned to bug out to avoid... Continue reading

Posted Nov 17, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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Space Shuttle Endeavour Fly Over

As the radio announced that the Endeavour was heading towards Disneyland, my colleagues and I quickly stopped by my apartment to pick up the 1D3 and longest lens with Teleconverter. We then started heading towards Disneyland, but as we go closer the freeways got more jammed. We kept driving North... Continue reading

Posted Sep 24, 2012 at Life Through the Lens

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